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BCS Specialist Certificate in Service Desk and Incident Management — A 3 day course
This course is no longer available from GBdirect.
This course provides candidates with an understanding of industry best practice in relation to the operation of the Service Desk function and the Incident Management process.
In addition to the principles underpinning these service management disciplines the course provides practical experience of planning, implementing, operating, monitoring, reporting, and improving a Service Desk and the management of incidents.
The Service Desk and Incident Management Specialist Certificate qualification reflects the general industry best practices currently in use in IT Service Management (ITSM) and particularly Service Desk and Incident Management (SDIM).
The subject matter within this qualification is based on best practice, frameworks and standards including ITIL®, COBIT and ISO/IEC 20000.
This qualification forms part of the 'ITSM Specialist' series.
Holders of the BCS Specialist Certificate in SDIM will be able to demonstrate their competence in, and their ability to:
- Explain the goal and objectives of the Service Desk
- Explain the goal and objectives of Incident Management
- Understand and explain processes, roles and functions, especially those related to SDIM
- Use different approaches to, and application of, standards, industry best practice frameworks and guidelines, relevant to SDIM
- Develop and improve the customer and business focus of SDIM
- Use and apply the Incident Management process to manage the resolution of incidents by the Service Desk and all other areas of IT
- Define Service Desk requirements and understand, select, develop and implement the most appropriate Service Desk solutions, technology and environment
- Implement and manage incidents through all stages of the incident lifecycle
- Develop and agree incident categories and priorities in collaboration with the relevant stakeholders
- Co-ordinate, schedule, target and focus resources on the resolution of incidents, based on priorities
- Be aware of the support tools and techniques available for the implementation and support of Incident Management and the Service Desk, where possible identifying and instigating improvements
- Practical analysis of incident records, reports and statistics and propose resolutions to reduce the number of incidents by proactively preventing potential incidents, in conjunction with Problem Management
- Produce SDIM reports for dissemination and interpret and use their contents
- Understand the interdependencies between SDIM and other IT areas and processes
- Assist with the planning and implementation of SDIM
Service Desk function and Incident Management process, based on industry best practices
Tools, methods and techniques
SDIM roles and responsibilities - SFIA and ITIL®
Control, measurement and reporting activities
Analysis of incidents, statistics and trends
Interfaces and dependencies
Planning, improvement and implementation
This course has been retired and is no longer available.
Suitable For
This course is aimed at those working or preparing to work in a Service Desk function and/or within an Incident Management process whether at a technical, operational, supervisory or managerial level. This course may also be of interest to Project Managers, Business Managers and Business Process Owners.
The purpose of the Specialist qualification in SDIM is to certify that the candidate has gained the knowledge of relevant industry best practices and is capable of applying them in a working environment.
This course is aimed at:
Individuals who require a working knowledge of the industry best practice used in SDIM and how it may be used to enhance the quality of ITSM within an organisation.
IT professionals who are working within an organisation which has adopted and adapted some of these practices and are required to deliver or improve SDIM within an ongoing Service Improvement Programme (SIP).
Possession of the ITIL® V3 Foundation Certificate in Service Management or the ITIL® V2 Foundation Certificate in Service Management plus the Bridging Certificate is mandatory before the qualification can be awarded.
Candidates who do not yet hold either of the above (e.g. they are waiting for their Foundation result) will have their exam result withheld until they can provide evidence of certification.
On attending the course please ensure you provide documented evidence that you have passed the ITIL® Version 3 Foundation Certificate or ITIL® Version 2-3 Foundation Bridge Certificate by either presenting your certificate (or a copy of your certificate ) to the course lecturer. If you cannot provide the physical certificate, then as a minimum you must provide the certificate number.
If the exam board was not BCS, you must also provide the name of the examination board who issued the certificate. Failure to comply with this requirement will result in you exam results being withheld by the exam accreditation body.
If you have lost your certificate or you do not have a record of your certificate number please contact BCS directly before attending the course. BCS/ISEB can be contacted on the following number 01793 417655.
Success on the course will be enhanced by candidates spending at least 10 hours on reviewing their ITIL® Foundation material prior to attending a BCS Specialist course.
The examination is a 1.5 hours 'closed book', multiple-choice paper. There are 25 questions which are scenario based.
Normally, the examination will be held on the last afternoon of the course. However, BCS will normally also arrange four central examinations per year in March, June, September and December; please contact the BCS for further details.
The examination fee is included in the course price.
This qualification forms part of the BCS ITSM Specialist series.


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"One of the worlds greatest white wine grapes, capable of making particularly geographically expressive and long-lived wines at all sweetness levels."
Jancis Robinson, wine grapes, 2012
Explore the world of Riesling, considered one of the great varieties that can produce bone dry through to lusciously sweet white wine. Riesling reflects its 'sense of place' more than any other variety.
There will be eight wines tasted during the evening, originating from all parts of the world, including Germany, France, Australia (Gt Southern, Tasmania and Clare Valley) and New Zealand.
You will learn the viticultural, winemaking background and the heritage of Riesling.
If you enjoy Riesling – enrol today as places are limited.
Price: $78
When: Tuesday March 15
Time: 6.30pm – 8.45pm
Where: Old Bridge Cellars, 221 Queen Victoria Street, North Fremantle WA 6159

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When you're little, batteries can seem as elusive, extravagant and priceless as gold. Especially when they are in charge of powering the things in your life you value the most. There's no greater disappointment than opening up a new toy and discovering the batteries haven't been included. They weigh a lot too, making the small cases seem even more impressive. Oh and don't even get me started on the ones that have the little button on it so you can check the amount of juice it has left, I think I wasted more battery life digging my grotty little fingernails into the tiny bumps than using it in the actual appliance, proved by the small crescent shaped grooves perpetually dug into them.
It's awful as well when you discover your new toy has more than 2 slots for them, meaning you'll probably only get to play with it twice a year, there's no way your parents are going to keep you supplied with that much battery power for long.
So yes, batteries are like gold, they're expensive, hard to come by and look amazing incased in the right cocoon of appealing accessory. You may feel this is something I discovered whilst reflecting on my youth, but you would be wrong. I knew it from a very young age, it was after one particular day, the day my casio keyboard died. I may have mentioned that until I started playing the trumpet I wasn't an impressively musical child. My abilities reached as far as being able to mimic the chipmunks in song and short but high energy performances on air guitar. Performances that looked more like I was holding an imaginary stick that I would strum repetitively with a limp hand. Not too impressive. One day however, in a moment of what I can only assume was insanity, my parents gave me a little 2 octave keyboard, with the batteries already inside! I loved that keyboard, played it whenever I could, that is, hit the demo track (wake me up before you go go) and let my little fingers fly. I played in my bedroom, put on concerts, played on the stairs, in the car on the… you get the idea. One day, after having noticed the light on the far right side flickering, it stopped mid octave slide. I couldn't believe it, apologizing to my imaginary audience members I tried desperately to turn it back on, sliding the power switch back and forth, wiggling the batteries, swapping them around. Nothing worked. Head down and keyboard tucked lovingly under my arm I headed to my parents den ala Matilda appealing to the Wormwoods for a book. "What do you need a book for??" "To reeeaaad"
Luckily my parents weren't as cruel, they had however had enough of my demo track and sighted short funds for a reason to wait for my next round of batteries. I was crushed. No longer able to play the track, I would sit at the keyboard pretending it was on and closed my ears to the thud of my fingers pressing the darkened keys. It was a sad day, a sad week, a sad month… this went on until finally, my dad couldn't handle it anymore and in a moment of weakness he came home with a fresh set of shining new energizer batteries and threw them on my bed. "There you go Lesbes, don't use them all at once" I couldn't believe it, I hugged the plastic case for 2 seconds before attacking it's cardboard back with scissors like a starved child trying to get to food. Carefully pulling them out one at a time a feeling the weight in my hands I placed them into the back of the piano. When the last of the 6 batteries had been correctly slotted into place and the back was clipped in I flipped it round and tentatively slid the power switch to on. SUCCESS! The light went on as if the power had never left, next came the demo track - accompanied by a groan from the next room.
I remembered it like it was yesterday, starting with the imaginary chords then to the slide, rounding it up with some good ol' fashioned honky tonk (slapping as many keys as I could). I remember then taking it over the the steps to the second story which had been conveniently placed over the front door, slotting my legs through the gaps and waiting with bated breath for my step mum to come home. I've never seen someone get more of a shock in my life as I heard her keys in the door and pressed the demo at full volume, she shrieked looking around wondering how the dreaded music had made a come back only to see dads sorry face in the hall way. "She just looked so sad"… Yes children, never underestimate the value of a good pout. So to end, remember that even when the bright lights of tiffanies beckon there's always the electronics isle in woolworths that can mean just as much.


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Located in Merzig, Hotel-Restaurant Roemer is convenient to Fine Mechanical Museum and Museum Schloss Fellenberg. This hotel is within the vicinity of Wolfspark Werner Freund and Saarschleife.
Make yourself at home in one of the 41 guestrooms. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have showers and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
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Take in the views from a rooftop terrace and a terrace and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless Internet access.
Grab a bite at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
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Featured amenities include express check-in, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Planning an event in Merzig? This hotel has facilities measuring 1614 square feet (150 square meters), including meeting rooms. Free self parking is available onsite.
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The Novato Parade committee thanks Personally Yours Photography for their continual support. Check out Personally Yours Photography next time you need new photographs, for personal, family or professional. No matter what event in Novato, you will always find Personally Your Photography there to document those special moments.
In fact – many of the photos from the 2014 4th of July Parade on this website were taken by Personally Yours Photography!


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In English we believe that words and language are essential to all human life and activity. The Bible says: 'In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God.' We believe that all human creativity and thought depends on words and it is through our language that we can express our love for God, for his creation and for each other. English contributes to our learning and faith community by:
The English Department aims to motivate, enthuse and inspire all learners so that they have a curiosity and active interest in English language and literature. We believe that all pupils should experience and enjoy the very best that the English language can offer. We seek to provide every opportunity for all pupils to make progress in their learning to achieve their full potential.
A wide range of learning and teaching strategies are employed to support pupils in communicating their ideas fluently, accurately and powerfully in speech and writing. We promote a love of literature and encourage widespread reading for pleasure.
The English curriculum fosters a lasting enjoyment and appreciation of literature and language, ensuring that all pupils experience a wide range of literary and non-literary texts from the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty first centuries in a variety of forms, genres and from a range of cultures. Ultimately, we want our pupils to be skilful and confident communicators who are fully prepared for adult life in modern Britain.
The English department is staffed by a strong, enthusiastic and forward-thinking team of specialist teachers and teaching assistants.
Pupils are taught in ability groups (top, middle and low ability) and have four one-hour lessons per week.
Unit 1: Gothic Tales
Unit 2: The News
Unit 3: Extraordinary Lives
Unit 4: Our World
Unit 5: Pen Rhythm
Author's studied: Benjamin Zephaniah, William Blake
Class novels include: Roald Dahl Boy; R.J. Palacio Wonder; Louis Sachar Holes; John Boyne The Boy in Striped Pyjamas
Unit 1: The Detective Story
Unit 2: The History of Language
Unit 3: Childhood
Unit 4: Drama
Unit 5: Shakespeare A Midsummer's Night's Dream
Authors studied: Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, Seamus Heaney (Beowulf)
Class novels include: Michael Morpurgo Private Peaceful; Anthony Horowitz Ravensgate; Marcus Sedgewick My Swordhand is Singing
Unit 1: The Short Story
Unit 2: The Language of Conflict
Unit 3: Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet
Unit 4: Travellers and Explorers
Unit 5: An Introduction to the Gothic Genre
Authors studied: William Shakespeare, Owen Sheers, John Steinbeck, Mary Shelly, Susan Hill, War Poets
Class novels include: Patrick Ness A Monster Calls; Anne Cassidy Looking for JJ
Please note that pupils sitting GCSE from 2017 onwards will follow new GCSE specifications for GCSE English Language and GCSE English Literature. All Cardinal Heenan pupils will be entered for these courses.
Assessment is by means of examination only, at the end of the course. Speaking and listening skills are assessed in class by the teacher and will be endorsed separately. There is no coursework or controlled assessment.
Further details of the new courses will be available shortly.
All pupils sitting GCSE before 2017 follow a two year course preparing for either a single GCSE English or for two GCSEs, English Language and English Literature, set by the AQA examining body. The current specification requires that 60% of the marks for the GCSE qualifications in English and English Language are assessed by terminal examination. There is a 75% terminal examination for English Literature. The remaining component is controlled assessment, completed under controlled conditions in class.
Texts studied include: Shakespeare Macbeth; Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird; John Steinbeck Of Mice and Men; Susan Hill The Woman in Black; a poetry anthology.
The department offers a full range of extra activities both at lunchtime and after school. These include: Debating Club, Philosophy and Critical Thinking Club, KS4 Book Group, Poetry Club, Film Club and Writing Club. All pupils are encouraged to become involved.
We encourage our pupils to enjoy live theatre with frequent organised trips to the West Yorkshire Playhouse. The school also streams live productions to classrooms from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon.
The English department prepares pupils for life in modern Britain by means of a broad and balanced curriculum. This includes study of a range of British heritage texts and authors, as well as modern poetry and non-fiction, to ensure that all pupils are aware of the diverse and rich literary culture at their fingertips. We explore current and topical issues through a variety of media and literature and ensure that every student accesses at least three plays by William Shakespeare, a novel by Charles Dickens and an anthology of poetry published from 1790 onwards.
Some of the British authors and playwrights we study:
William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Michael Morpurgo, Philip Pullman, David Almond, JK Rowling, Anne Fine, Diane Samuels, Adrian Flynn, Robert Swindells, Willy Russell, Alan Bennett, Meera Syal
Some of the British poets we study:
William Wordsworth, William Shakespeare, William Blake, Wilfred Gibson, Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Simon Armitage, Carol Ann Duffy, John Cooper Clarke, Owen Sheers
'The more that you read,
the more things you will know.
The more that you learn,
The more places you'll go.'
Dr Seuss
Below are some initial suggestions of texts that could help to widen your reading. You may be able to borrow copies from the school's Learning Resource Centre (library), your local library or Leeds Central Library; many poems are also available to view for free online. Please ask your English teacher for any further suggestions.
Tales of Mystery and Imagination – Edgar Alan Poe *
The Sisters and The Dead from Dubliners – James Joyce *
All My Sons – Arthur Miller *
Death of a Salesman – Arthur Miller *
Doctor Faustus – Christopher Marlowe
The Cherry Orchard – Anton Chekhov †
The Importance of Being Earnest – Oscar Wilde
Waiting for Godot – Samuel Beckett
John Agard – Listen Mr Oxford Don
Simon Armitage – November, You're Beautiful *
W. H. Auden – But I Can't, Musée de Beaux Arts
William Blake – Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Robert Burns – My Luve is like a Red, Red Rose
Samuel Taylor Coleridge – The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan
John Donne – A Valediction: forbidding mourning, The Sun Rising, Love's Growth
Robert Frost – Nothing Gold Can Stay, Fire and Ice, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, The Road Not Taken
Thomas Hardy – The Convergence of the Twain (Lines on the Loss of the "Titanic")
George Herbert – Mortification, The Pulley
Ted Hughes – View of a Pig, Pike, Hawk Roosting, Six Young Men
John Keats – Ode to a Nightingale
Rudyard Kipling – The Deep-Sea Cables, The Way Through The Woods, If-
Walter De La Mare – The Listeners
Philip Larkin – A Writer, MCMXIV, All catches alight, An Arundel Tomb
Andrew Marvell – To his Coy Mistress, The Definition of Love, The Garden
John Milton – Paradise Lost, Books I to IV *
Ovid – Metamorphoses, specifically 'Narcissus and Echo', 'Phaethon', 'Daedalus and Icarus' and 'Orpheus and Eurydice' *‡
Wilfred Owen – Anthem for Doomed Youth
Christina G. Rossetti – Goblin Market
Percy Bysshe Shelley – Ode to the West Wind, Ozymandias, Stanzas written in Dejection — December 1818, Near Naples
Alfred Lord Tennyson – The Charge of the Light Brigade, The Lady of Shalott
Henry Vaughan – The Retreat, [They are all gone into the world of light!]
Andrey Voznesensky – First Ice
William Wordsworth – Lucy Gray, The Thorn, Tintern Abbey, [She dwelt among the untrodden ways]
William Butler Yeats – The Gyres
Animal Farm – George Orwell
Midnight's Children – Salman Rushdie *
Nineteen Eighty-Four – George Orwell *
The Great Gatsby – F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Man Who Was Thursday – G. K. Chesterton
Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe
To Kill A Mockingbird – Harper Lee
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain*
Cranford – Elizabeth C. Gaskell
Dracula – Bram Stoker *
Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen
Tess of the d'Urbervilles – Thomas Hardy *
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Mysteries of Udolpho – Anne Radcliffe
The Old Wives' Tale – Arnold Bennett
The Picture of Dorian Gray – Oscar Wilde *
The War of the Worlds – H. G. Wells
Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë
* – perhaps more suitable for GCSE students.
† – This play was written originally in Russian. Respected translations include Chekhov: Plays, trans. and intro. Michael Frayn (Methuen, 1988) and Chekhov: Plays, trans. Peter Carson, intro. Richard Gilman (Penguin, 2004).
¥ - Anthologies of a wide variety of poetry include The Oxford Book of English Verse, ed. Christopher Ricks (Oxford: OUP, 1999). For a comprehensive view of Romantic poetry (i.e. poetry written between c. 1789 and 1830), including detailed, high-level scholarly analysis and notes for each poem, see Romantic Poetry: An Annotated Anthology, ed. Michael O'Neill and Charles Mahoney (Oxford: Blackwell, 2007). However, this edition is somewhat more costly and you should expect to be challenged by the level of analysis that it offers. The volume introduces key poems from major poets, including Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Hemans, and Keats.
‡ – A verse translation from Latin into English may be more enjoyable to read as it should capture more faithfully Ovid's original poesy. One such edition is Ovid, Metamorphoses, trans. A. D. Melville (Oxford: OUP, 2008). This edition includes explanatory notes and a glossary and index of character names.
Board: AQA
Subject Code: 8700
Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing
Percentage of total marks 50%
Written Examination 1 hour 45 minutes
How writers use narrative and descriptive techniques to engage the interest of readers.
Section A: reading a literature fiction text in order to consider how established writers use narrative and descriptive techniques
to capture the interest of readers. (25%)
Section B: writing a creative text, inspired by the topic in section A, to demonstrate narrative and descriptive skills in response
to a written prompt, scenario or visual image. (25%)
The source for the reading questions will be a prose fiction text, drawn from either the 20th or 21st century. It may be from a
novel or short story. The focus will be on openings, endings, narrative perspectives and points of view, narrative or descriptive
passages, character, atmospheric descriptions and other appropriate narrative and descriptive approaches.
Paper 2: Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives
Percentage of total marks 50%
Written Examination 1 hour 45 minutes
How different writers present a similar topic over time.
The aim of this paper is to develop students' insights into how writers have particular viewpoints and perspectives on issues or
themes that are important to the way we think and live our lives.
Section A: reading two linked sources from different time periods and genres in order to consider how each presents a perspective
or viewpoint to influence the reader. (25%)
Section B: producing a written text to a specified audience, purpose and form, on the theme that has been introduced to them
in section A. (25%)
The sources for the reading questions will be non-fiction and literary non-fiction texts. They will be drawn from the 19th century,
and either the 20th or 21st century depending on the time period assessed in Paper 1 in each particular series.
The choice of genre will include high quality journalism, articles, reports, essays, travel writing, accounts, sketches, letters, diaries,
autobiography and biographical passages or other appropriate non-fiction and literary non-fiction forms
All students prepare and deliver a presentation in a formal context, followed by a question and answer session. Students are
asked to respond appropriately to questions and to feedback, asking questions themselves to elicit clarification. Their ability to
use Standard English is part of the spoken language unit.
York Notes for GCSE and CGP Revision Guides for GCSE
Revision Guides produced annually in school and distributed to all candidates free of charge.
Students should read fluently, and with good understanding, a wide range of texts from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries, including
literature and literary non-fiction as well as other writing such as reviews and journalism
Places of interest/events – Encourage your child to join the following enhancement extra-curricular activities:
Board: AQA
Subject Code: 8702
Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 20th century novel
Percentage of total marks 40%
Written Examination 1 hour 45 minutes
Shakespeare's Macbeth and Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry
Percentage of total marks 60%
Written Examination 2 hour 15 minutes
J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls
Poetry from the AQA Anthology and a selection of unseen poetry.
All the assessments are closed book. Students are given an extract to focus their answer upon in the first instance before linking
it to the text as a whole.
York Notes for GCSE and CGP Revision Guides for GCSE
Revision Guides produced annually in school and distributed to all candidates free of charge.
Places of interest/events – Encourage your child to join the following enhancement extra-curricular activities:
Please note that Cardinal Heenan is not responsible for the content of external websites.
Additional Reading for Years 7 & 8 - to be used in combination with the suggested reading above.
http://capitadiscovery.co.uk/leeds/ - use the library catalogue to search for books, CDs, DVDs, talking books and videos in any of the Leeds Libraries.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer - regularly offers literature-related programmes for TV and radio. Examples include the Radio 4 series Poetry Please and recent dramatic readings from the works of Edgar Alan Poe.


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After two years our adventure with ARTInkubator ends and it was time to move to a new place. We decided on a spacious townhouse in the centre of Łódź (Piramowicza st), located near to the construction place of new modern train station Łódź Fabryczna and the future office centre of Łódź.


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"As a person of mixed cultural and geographic upbringing, I view Japan both as an insider and as an outsider. My situation gives me a unique lens through which I interpret and convey beauty, both Eastern and Western variations of it.
I am violently in love with the features of the human (especially female) face. I can't tire of its beauty. I paint because I feel driven to capture those alluring, intoxicating features that I see in my mind's eye. Draping my faces in Japanese patterns and flowers accentuates the opulent lushness with which I am so mesmerized. Do I feel like I've ever perfectly captured this beauty, this perfect girl? No. She's always just out of reach, and transforms into another more beautiful girl just as I think I've penned her. But that's alright... I will continue to follow her, continue to discover her multi-faceted mystique.
I work in mixed media because I don't feel that one single medium can properly express the many nuances that accompany my subject matter. Symbolic elements within the artworks are an outlet for my inner struggles I have at the time of painting, and they beckon the viewer to ponder the same universal questions."
JUURI was born in Tokyo, Japan on Christmas Eve 1983 and moved with her family to the USA when she was six years old. She signs her work "Juuri" (従理), which is her Japanese given name and equivalent to the English name "Julie."
Julie has loved drawing since she could hold a pencil. Her entire childhood was filled with drawing and creating, from illustrated stories to "replica" props and costumes from her favorite films. She sold her first painting when she was 13 years old.
During college, Julie got to explore more of her Japanese heritage as she painted alongside Japanese exchange students who were also in the same art program. "I knew then what was most important to me to express through my art," she says. "It was the deepest 'me' there is; the 'me' that was there all along. My Japanese heritage is so precious to me, and I could explore the facets of that beautiful culture endlessly." Julie started visiting Japan regularly to see her relatives and to gain fresh inspiration from the beauty of the culture.
Since her decision to pursue fine art seriously in 2010, Julie has made an impression showing her mixed media paintings of colorful, flora-wrapped Japanese faces. She has now had numerous exhibitions both in Oklahoma, where she currently resides, and Southern California. She continues to sell art to clients around the country and around the globe. Her ultimate goal is to take her artistic venture back to her home "town" of Tokyo.


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We were unsuccessful in getting the Cole County Circuit Judge to issue a Temporary Restraining Order associated with freezing the Canine Cruelty Prevention Act.
First of all, this action does not affect what we are doing with regards to the overall lawsuit. We are still in the discovery phase where the State has to respond to our request for documents, records, etc. We have our first formal court date on 11/30/12 at 9:00 a.m..
On a parallel path we are pursuing injunctive relief that would freeze everything.
Last Thursday we argued for an immediate Temporary Restraining Order. That type of hearing involves case law and legal arguments but no live witness testimony is presented. The threshold at this point in the proceedings is high and would have required the judge to put the inspection division of MDA on sabbatical if he issued the TRO. The Court declined to do so at this point.
At the same time, the State asked the judge to dismiss the lawsuit. The Court did not dismiss the case and called on the State to answer the complaint which keeps us in Court. Again, the judge asked some very interesting questions that indicate that the Court is giving our case strong consideration.
We next ask for a hearing at which evidence and witnesses will be presented as we request a "preliminary injunction". Basically, it is the same thing as a TRO but we get to present evidence in this action. If we get the preliminary injunction which usually lasts 90 days, we will pursue a "permanent injunction" that would freeze everything until the conclusion of the lawsuit.
To summarize, we didn't get immediate relief, but the court didn't throw out the case either, so we go forward on both paths.
Should you have any questions, feel free to email me at email@example.com.
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12 comments
- HOBAC said...
And still a nice house.
- September 5, 2011 at 1:34 PM
- Decorno said...
HOBAC, totally agree with you. I am dangerously close to buying this place.
- September 5, 2011 at 7:50 PM
and lions........honestly.....maybe you missed the lions.
It might be a bargain because people are afraid of the "wild cats"in the bathroom! Yikes!
- September 5, 2011 at 10:35 PM
- Kit in DC said...
Priceless. The kind of wallpaper I would have picked out at age 10. It's just so amazing in its weirdness I couldn't bear to paper over it. Good luck to new owners - it should be enshrined, if nothing more than to kick off every dinner party with "Wait, you have to see the bathroom!"
- September 5, 2011 at 11:30 PM
- Kit in DC said...
PRICELESS. The kind of wallpaper I would have picked, if given half a chance, when I was 10. I'd keep it, if only for the delight of hearing what dinner party guests have to say when they come back from the bathroom. Kind of a good litmus test of your friends. I think it's awesome! (and it would never fly in DC. But that's prob. why I like it.)
- September 5, 2011 at 11:32 PM
- kelly d. said...
I went to a salon once that had this same kind of wallpaper. But instead of tigers it was hundreds of heads with flowy 70s hair. And it wasn't a cool, retro thing ... the place was that old.
- September 6, 2011 at 3:01 PM
- katiedid said...
What is with the Living Room floor? Usually the floor is more worn around the edges, not under where the rug used to be. ?
- September 6, 2011 at 4:52 PM
- Boo Hazard said...
GEAUX TIGERS!! - boo
- September 6, 2011 at 8:21 PM
Talk about firing the realtor! How about the back view with the garbage cans!
And there looks like mold around the baseboards!
- September 11, 2011 at 1:23 PM
- Alice Almighty said...
So lovely! It reminds me of my first house... Too bad they got rid of the linoleum 'rugs'... I bet it smells wonderful. How amazing that no one ever brutally updated it. If only I had a cool half million lying around.
- September 19, 2011 at 8:24 PM
- White Swan said...
I'm a little scared that no one has said anything to the effect of "this house should be condemned". A dropped ceiling in the kitchen? Seriously?
- October 6, 2011 at 12:49 AM
- ArchitectDesign™ said...
I didn't even know that was a thing...maybe it's decoupage?
- October 7, 2011 at 10:11 AM


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19, in an attempt to resolve a strike by 70,000 members of the United Food and Commercial
Workers against four Southern California grocery store chains.
The labor dispute, which centers on health care benefits,
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So... I wonder - what makes me start Blogging?
Is it just to experiment with what seems to be a new idea? Is it simply to "experience the pleasure of Blogging" as many put it? Is it with the intention of making my thoughts and opinions reach people? Is it one way to spend free time in what seems to be a meaningful activity?
Perhaps, it is all this and a lot more...
I will compose side-by-side technical BLOGs where I share some learning and experience - especially that gained from my work and from Codeguru - you should find these through my profile link.
This BLOG itself is going to discuss me (sounds narcissist, ehh? I agree!), interesting people I meet, as well as my pursuits in hobbies like photography, driving, travelling, etc.
Welcome to my Blog, folks! Feel free to share your comments...
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But this time there was a difference. Unlike the 100 metres final in Beijing, Usain Bolt's sudden deceleration had nothing to do with showboating, and the only chest-thumping going on was his heart leaping out of his ribcage.
And as for the trademark drawing back of an imaginary bow and arrow to celebrate his victory, it looked more like an arrow had struck him between his shoulder blades as he slumped to the ground within seconds of finishing, his chest heaving, his face contorted in pain.
The world's greatest athlete had shot his bolt.
There were two conclusions to be drawn from the triple Olympic champion's distress at the end of his first competitive outing of the season – a 400 metres race won in 46.35 sec that was intended to build up his well of endurance before attention switches to the quicker stuff this summer.
First, he has a long way to go if he is to extend his mastery of the short sprints and challenge Michael Johnson's 10-year-old 400m world record of 43.18 sec, despite all the talk about his physical stature being ideal for a quarter-miler. Second, all those gala dinners and award ceremonies have clearly taken their toll on his fitness.
Bolt admitted as much. Once he had recovered his breath, he conceded that the pain had been down to two of his least favourite words in the English language: lactic acid.
"That is one of the reasons why I don't want to run 400s," he said. "I'm not really fond of lactic acid. I'm not actually in the best of shape at the moment and I'm just happy I got through it."
The occasion was Jamaica's Camperdown Classic, an incongruously low-key meeting to be playing host to the fastest man on the planet, where upwards of 2,000 primary and high school children were running and jumping in the Saturday afternoon heat on the scruffy warm-up track adjacent to Kingston's national stadium.
But the clue that this was no ordinary inter-school event was the crowd of children clustered around the entrance to a white marquee beside the track where a certain 6ft 5in 22-year-old sheltered from the sun with his training partners until, sandwiched between the boys' 1500m and the girls' 4 x 100m relay, the stadium MC summoned the competitors for the one event of the afternoon that was open to senior male athletes.
"And now the race we've all been waiting for. Welcome to the final of the men's open 400 metres dash, sponsored by Dixie Lee Fried Chicken."
Bolt's presence in the all-Jamaican field had nothing to do with his well-documented penchant for chicken nuggets. Despite his dislike of the lactic-inducing 400m, it is the distance at which he always opens his season at this time of year, though he and his coach, Glen Mills, prefer to call it a training run rather than a competitive race.
"We don't really regard this as opening the season," said Mills. "We regard this as just another day of training. His season really opens at the Kingston International in May."
Bolt has been back in full training since Jan 1 after several months of post-Olympic glad-handing and award-receiving, though Mills admits his athlete's commitments away from the track have put him behind schedule.
"At this time of year we're a bit behind where we were last year because of all the activities that he's been doing, but we still have plenty of time to get through the work," he said.
Those activities included yet another awards ceremony the night before Saturday's race when, in an auditorium in central Kingston, Bolt was honoured as the Jamaican male sportsman of the year.
It was not exactly a surprise, with due respect to the short-listed footballer, Luton Shelton, formerly of Sheffield United but sold last year to Norway's Valerenga. But it meant another late night for Bolt.
That will be the last of his public engagements for a while as he knuckles down to some hard graft. On Saturday's evidence, it is much needed if he is to repeat his Olympic exploits at the World Championship in Berlin in August.
That, he said, was his primary target for the year rather than chasing improvements on his 100m and 200m world records. "Berlin is the main aim and if anything else comes along, I'll be happy," he said.
Bolt's winning time on Saturday was more than a second outside his personal best and would have left him a stride behind 'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius last year, though it was not all gloom and doom. In fact, it was actually quicker than the 46.94 sec he posted in his season opener exactly a year ago, and we all know what happened after that.
The experience has at least cleared up one thing. Johnson's 400m world record is not on Bolt's radar for the foreseeable future.
"I'm not going to be doing the 400 this year," said Bolt. "Definitely not. The plan has always been just to do a couple of 400s at the start of the season and then concentrate on the 100 and the 200."
That will bring him back into collision with countryman Asafa Powell, American Tyson Gay and our very own Dwain Chambers, who has been making some pretty bold comments about giving him a run for his money in Berlin. Bolt was politely dismissive.
"It's easy to talk about things," he said. "If he thinks he can beat me then I'm looking forward to the challenge this season."
It was time to dash. The MC was calling Bolt to his presentation ceremony, where he mounted a rickety podium to have a gold medal hung around his neck by the local boss of Dixie Lee Fried Chicken. The first of many in 2009, one suspects. As long as he can get rid of that lactic.
Man in a hurry
400 metres
On Saturday: 46.35 sec
Feb 2008: 46.9 sec in his first run of that season
Personal best: 45.35 sec (2003, aged 16, at the Junior Championships in Kingston)
200 metres
Beijing 2008 to win gold: 19.30 sec (world record)
100 metres
Beijing 2008 to win gold: 9.69 sec (world record)
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THE Plaid Cymru leadership contest has become personal after Lord Elis-Thomas accused Elin Jones of "a cynical ploy" by running with Simon Thomas as her deputy.
Mr Thomas withdrew from the race this week to throw his weight behind Ms Jones' campaign.
But Lord Elis-Thomas said it was not in the gift of Plaid's leader to select his or her own deputy and claimed it did not suggest that "people who behave that way would be able to lead an open and transparent and effective party".
The Thomas camp hit back, describing Lord Elis-Thomas' comments as "laughable" and accusing him of hypocrisy for accepting a peerage in contravention of party policy.
Talking about Ms Jones' announcement that she would appoint Mr Thomas her deputy if victorious, Lord Elis-Thomas said: "I thought it was a cynical ploy in relation to a very sophisticated electorate that we're trying to appeal to."
Describing the contest as "the most difficult election that I've ever fought", he said: "Some people are mainly concerned about stopping other candidates rather than looking at the outcomes for the whole of Welsh politics, which I'm afraid is not my way of looking at things.
"The deputy is not in the gift of the leader. These things are brought about by the proper constitutional process."
Mr Thomas has said that he had secured enough support among fellow Plaid AMs to win a deputy leadership ballot even if somebody ran against him. Then Ms Jones would seek to make him deputy leader in the wider party, he said.
But Lord Elis-Thomas said: "That's not the point. If there are rules for an election, they have to be followed. An election has to take place. The fact that somebody says 'oh yes, I can win the election if it takes place' is not relevant. The important thing is that everybody plays by the democratic rules of the party. And I certainly think that it's a cynical ploy to try to share support between the two of them against other candidates.
"It doesn't signify to me that people who behave that way would be able to lead an open and transparent and effective party able to communicate with people.
"So it's another sign of the way in which there's a danger that this election concentrates on the internal politics of the party, not the external contest of the life of Wales, really."
He also referred to last week's ITV Wales/YouGov poll, which showed that, in the event of Scotland electing to leave the United Kingdom, only 10% of voters wanted to see Welsh independence, including just a third of Plaid voters.
"There is really nothing new in that poll. It confirms what we've known," he said.
"The proportion that favoured independence, depending on the question, has always been around 10%, usually a bit lower. And the proportion of Plaid voters favouring that option has been about a third."
Lord Elis-Thomas said he thought there was still all to play for with three weeks of leadership hustings beginning in Pontypridd tonight.
"I think people are still discussing, and the twists and turns of the campaign clearly have an effect on people's perception," he said.
"And the membership is a very sophisticated electorate. And therefore they will soon smell rats or smell deals or smell attempts to say things in order to curry votes from the membership as opposed to say things that will be a position that can be taken outside the party."
Ms Jones said: "I have made my agreement with Simon Thomas openly and he will be my nomination as deputy leader of the Assembly group. I chose to make public this intention rather than keeping anything from party members.
"To do anything else would not be my style. It will be a matter for the AMs to elect the deputy leader."
But a spokesman for Mr Thomas was more combative, saying the suggestion that there was any backroom deal contravening party rules was "laughable". He said: "The reality is that Plaid leadership contender Elin Jones has said if she is elected as leader she would nominate Simon Thomas as deputy Assembly leader.
"It would be then for Assembly Members to decide whether or not to elect Simon Thomas as deputy Assembly leader.
"It is a bit rich to be accused of a backroom deal for an agreement reached by two mature politicians putting their party first by someone who took a lordship offered in the smokerooms of the Palace of Westminster and without consulting his own party executive."


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It all starts with education!
The integral speech delivered by Maelle Bah @ the Dream that could be event in New York.
Photographer Allison Zaucha is changing the world one photo at a time. She uses the power of storytelling and art to enrich the lives of students across the world who cannot afford a quality education. Allison started on a 21-day journey to visit two Givology nonprofits Aid India in India and Cercle Social in Benin to document the daily lives of the children there.


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The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) today determined that an industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of imports of hot-rolled steel products from China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Romania, Taiwan, Thailand, and Ukraine that the Department of Commerce has determined are sold in the United States at less than fair value and those from India, Indonesia, South Africa, and Thailand that the Department of Commerce has determined are also subsidized.
Chairman Stephen Koplan, Vice Chairman Deanna Tanner Okun, and Commissioners Lynn M. Bragg, Marcia E. Miller, Jennifer A. Hillman, and Dennis M. Devaney voted in the affirmative.
As a result of the Commission's affirmative determinations, the U.S. Department of Commerce will issue countervailing duty and antidumping duty orders on imports of these products from India, Indonesia, and Thailand, a countervailing duty order on imports of these products from South Africa, and antidumping duty orders on imports of these products from China, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Romania, Taiwan, and Ukraine.
The Commission's public report Hot-Rolled Steel Products from China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Romania, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, and Ukraine (Investigations Nos. 701-TA-405-408 and 731-TA-899-904 and 731-TA-906-908 (Final), USITC Publication 3468, October 2001) will contain the views of the Commission and information developed during the investigations.
Copies may be obtained after September 17, 2001, by calling 202-205-1809 or from the Office of the Secretary, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436. Requests may also be made by fax to 202-205-2104.
Hot-Rolled Steel Products from China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Romania, South Africa,
Taiwan, Thailand, and Ukraine
Investigations Nos. 701-TA-405-408 (Final) and 731-TA-899-904 and 731-TA-906-908 (Final)
Product Description: The products covered by this investigation include hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon steel products of a rectangular shape, of a width of 0.5 inch or greater, neither clad, plated, nor coated with metal and whether or not painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic substances, in coils regardless of thickness, or in straight lengths, of a thickness less than 4.75 mm and of a width measuring at least 10 times the thickness.
Status of Proceedings: 1. Type of investigations: Final countervailing duty and final antidumping. (1) 2. Petitioners: Bethlehem Steel Corp., Bethlehem, PA; Gallatin Steel Co., Ghent, KY; IPSCO Steel, Inc., Lisle, IL; LTV Steel Co., Inc., Cleveland, OH; National Steel Corp., Mishawaka, IN; Nucor Corp., Darlington, SC; Steel Dynamics, Inc., Butler, IN; U.S. Steel Group, a division of USX Corp., Pittsburgh, PA; Weirton Steel Corp., Weirton, WV; and the Independent Steelworkers Union, a labor union representing the organized workers at Weirton Steel Corp. (2) 3. Investigation instituted by USITC: November 13, 2000. 4. Hearing: July 17, 2001. 5. USITC vote: November 2, 2001. 6. USITC notification of Department of Commerce: November 13, 2001. U.S. Industry: 1. Number of reporting U.S. producers in 2000: 21. 2. Production volume is concentrated in Alabama, Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and West Virginia. 3. Employment of production and related workers in 2000: 30,385. 4. U.S. producers' U.S. shipments (excluding exports) in 2000: Including captive consumption, 65,219,129 short tons (valued at $19.5 billion); Open market shipments, 21,278,667 short tons (valued at $6.6 billion). 5. U.S. apparent consumption in 2000: Including captive consumption, 72,535,753 short tons (valued at $21.7 billion); Open market consumption, 28,595,291 short tons (valued at $8.8 billion). 6. Ratio of quantity of subject imports to U.S. apparent consumption in 2000: Including captive consumption, 5.5 percent; Open market consumption, 13.8 percent. U.S. Imports in 2000: 1. From the subject countries listed above: 3,958,972 short tons (valued at $1.1 billion). 2. From other countries subject to investigation:(3) 286,694 short tons (valued at $81.4 million). 3. From countries not subject to investigation: 3,070,958 short tons (valued at $964 million).(1) All countries mentioned are subject to antidumping investigations. India, Indonesia, South Africa, and Thailand are also subject to countervailing duty investigations.
(2) On November 16, 2000, the petition was amended to include the United Steelworkers of America as co-petitioners.
(3) Concurrent antidumping and countervailing duty investigations were carried out with respect to imports from Argentina and South Africa. On August 17, 2001, the Commission made affirmative determinations concerning Argentina and South Africa with respect to the antidumping investigations. On the same date, the Commission also made an affirmative determination concerning Argentina with respect to the countervailing duty investigation.


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Hey Gadgettes,
Why, why, why? Well, actually, for cancer research. But at least it's the real thing and not Swarovski crystals. Note the convenience of being able to remove the diamonds to stick in all the jewelry you have that doesn't already have diamonds.
Also, the blog it came from has the potential to be a great source for you all. Love the show!
-Rabbi the Linguist
P.S.: Why the hate on LARPers but the love of Utilikilt owners? The two groups overlap quite a bit. If you're gonna dis on LARPers, at least limit it to the ones who can't distinguish the game from reality. Some of us just enjoy some escapism and creative use of our imagination from time to time, but we understand that, when the game is over, it's over. (It's also a good way to socialize - is this a good time to mention that I've never been in a LARP that wasn't at least 40% female?) Our characters may be us (a first-time LARPer often ends up playing herself) but we are not our characters. Those who don't understand that are likely to be marginalized in a serious game.
I will, though, give you mad props for liking Utilikilts. They're quite comfortable and the ladies seem to love them. (Gotta love geek
girlfriends!) Keep on rockin' that podcast.
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First impressions aren't always lasting, as was the case for Christian Lyon, internationally renowned designer and creative director at Japanese furniture makers Matsuoka. At first he hated the house he dubbed a "high '80s terrarium" but soon threw himself into the period-inspired renovation.
"I said, 'Sorry, this is so not me. I can't do this, thanks very much'… and I walked out," recalls Lyon of the property in leafy Perth suburb Peppermint Grove. His partner, psychiatrist Russell Date, thought it looked "really groovy" and persuaded him to take a second look. Forty-eight hours later they had settled on the house, and so began their seven-and-a-half-year quest to turn it into the perfect home, on which Lyon collaborated with long-time friend and architect Penny Watson.
There is no shortage of conversation starters in Lyon's sitting room — whether it's his self-designed acrylic 'Drum' side table, the metal chairs of British-based New Zealand designer Mark Brazier-Jones, the 'Maze' side tables (from Lyon's second collection for Matsuoka), a vintage Paul Evans 'Sculpted Bronze' sofa or American sculptor Danny Lane's bronze and glass coffee table.
"[Penny] had the foresight to realise that if we had done that it would have made the downstairs really dark and contained — and, essentially, we didn't really need the space," explains Lyon.
While the new house is radically different from the original, the situation on the site remains largely the same, as does its floor plan.
"If we had demolished outright, we would have had to do massive changes to the block. We would have had to lose the retention wall, lose the height… and also the set-backs are all different now, so we decided to basically gut and rebuild the existing house," says Lyon.
He levelled out the back garden and added a pool and cabana at the edge of the site, which drops down three metres. "I found it hard to get my head around the floor plan of the house, but after a couple of months it was the easiest house I have ever lived in."
Lyon bought the steel ball stools in the dining room at 100% Design, part of the London Design Festival. Another purchase, the Garouste and Bonetti Sevilla (1999) light sculpture, partially obscures a Dale Frank artwork. A mirrored inset ceiling overlooks the Frank piece, metallic coral sculptures on a Ford dining table and vintage Romeo Rega chairs. The custom-made goat's hair rug is by Robyn Cosgrove.
There are four bedrooms rather than five now, with two used as studies.
"Penny actually says, 'What is it with all your houses? You have to have two of everything!' And I say, 'I'm a Gemini!' " laughs Lyon, who also incorporated two dressing rooms; one at either end of the luxurious master bathroom. Most elements remain where they were, although the glamorous entry is now double-height and much larger, while the master bedroom area and another bathroom were added upstairs.
In the master bedroom, Lyon designed the acrylic 'Obi' bench to float at the foot of his bed. It stands on a Robyn Cosgrove vintage rug, while a vintage Maison Jansen floor lamp is next to a 'Peg' side table from Lyon's first Matsuoka collection. A Grantour bedhead has been covered in Larsen 'Metropolitan' viscose.
Despite the richness of the interiors, improving the connection with the outdoors was important for the pair.
"There was a lot of outlook but not a lot of communication with the outdoors," says Lyon. So he replaced the tinted glass and heavy glass doors with custom-made handmade iron doors and windows.
The building's 1980s origin may have been an initial turn-off but it soon became the inspiration for the new home's interiors. "I didn't want to lose the high '80s element entirely," says Lyon. "I wanted it to have a slightly reverent feel, as '80s style was based on Modernism and Bauhaus and French Art Deco and all those eras I love."
He cleverly depicts those styles in the recurring circular geometry, from the paving in the front courtyard to the convex window in the solid balustrade. "I wanted to keep some of that but for it to be a lot more adventurous and sparkly," adds Lyon, laughing. "So I came up with the concept of the brief being a Miami drug lord's house!"
A vintage Maison Jensen enamelled lamp and Victorian coloured glass vases sit atop Mattia Bonetti's Polyhedral (2004) cabinet in the foyer, with a John Coburn abstract work in the background.
Lyon certainly had fun playing with layers and textures, choosing an off-white Spanish limestone as the foil to the various vertical surfaces throughout the house, which range from fabric, fur and leather to dark veneer, stone and mirror. "I think the only bare plaster painted walls are in the entrance hall," exclaims Lyon. "Everybody was trying to do these really calm, tasteful stones and I thought, 'I don't want to be tasteful; I want to be adventurous.'"
He made a feature of the Verde Bamboo granite marble in the powder room, a backlit onyx above the fireplace in the living room, and the monumental Arabescato Orobico Grigio marble in the entry (all of the stone in the house was supplied by Subiaco company Attica).
The guest room features a French Art Deco cabinet (above), on which stand (from left) a Carrara pocket watch stand, an ancient Egyptian Shabti figure, a marbled glass vase and a 1970s Italian lamp. On the wall is an artwork by Mark Howson.
Graphite metallic glazed mosaics and a slab of Turkish marble form the basis of the master bathroom, with an antique apothecary sphere on the vanity and a vintage Italian ball light fitting providing contrast.
Lyon planned his house around mostly existing furnishings and art gathered from all over the world, from design galleries to op shops and auctions. "I tend to be a bit of a bowerbird and I had things I knew I would one day use," he says of the pieces.
The abundance of unexpected yet considered compositions of art, furniture and objects makes this house a joy to tour. "I like layering at every level," says Lyon. "I actually like contradiction of scale; big heavy things and really light things… and I like different materials."
A photographic work by Perth artist Justin Edward John Smith titled Bloodhead (2004) makes bathing a surreal experience.
Despite Date and Lyon's enviable collections, extra pieces were needed to complete the house. Recent acquisitions include a Garouste and Bonetti light sculpture and a dramatic Grantour bed sourced at a recent Milan Furniture Fair. "A house is a living thing; as you change, so does your house," says Lyon. "We are always tweaking and moving and refining, but we haven't had builders here for a while and that's a joy."
These days Lyon, Date and their two spoodles Oli and Leo have their magnificent surroundings all to themselves.


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Yesterday while waiting at the central bus station for the bus home, a Russian woman sat next to me and of course NS began flirting with her.
His sock was falling off, so I fixed it, saying "Your feeselach* are going to get cold!"
Aha, I could see it in her eyes and she asks me in Yiddish if I speak Yiddish.
I tell her just a little... feet, hands, cheeks, teeth, eyes, head... basic body parts I learned either growing up or remember in that one year of Yiddish class we had in high school.
She asked me what his name is and I of course reply "Netanel", to which she responds "That's not a Yiddish name!"
I told her that the more Yiddish version would have been Yonatan (Jonathan) which although is also Hebrew, means the same as Netanel and in the Yiddish-speaking crowd is used.. although for her sake I pronounced it with the Ashkenazis inflection of "Yoi-nosson".
She nodded, as if giving her approval and went back to being flirted with by a 10 1/2 month old.
Last week, was a different experience altogether.
So there we were, three lactating Mommas (me with my 10 1/2 month old, another woman with her 1 1/2 year old and the third with her 6 month old) enjoying a warm day in Jerusalem, sitting at the outdoor tables of a felafel joint.
Us with our bottles of water and our babies discretely at our breasts.
When I noticed a woman (secular Israeli) sitting at a table down from us take out her camera and turn it in our direction...
Do I give her the benefit of the doubt that she snapped a photo of the street traffic behind me? Even though she had this shocked look on her face and I didn't hear the squeal of tires and crunch of metal from some horrific car accident on the street behind me?
(And just for the record, the three of us are Orthodox Jewish women... skirts, my two friends in long sleeves, I was in a tshirt and had the baby in his wrap and we all wore our hair covered - me with a head scarf, another with a snood and the third in a (obvious) wig).


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text: The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon Strong's Number: 5612 Browse Lexicon Original WordWord Originwruomaimiddle voice of an apparently primary verbTransliterated WordTDNT EntryOruomaiNonePhonetic SpellingParts of Speecho-roo'-om-ahee Verb Definition to roar, to howl (of a lion, wolf, dog, and other beasts) of men, to raise a loud and inarticulate cry: either of grief, or of joy to sing with a loud voice NAS Word Usage - Total: 1roaring 1 NAS Verse Count 1 Peter1Total1Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.Bibliography InformationThayer and Smith. "Greek Lexicon entry for Oruomai". "The NAS New Testament Greek Lexicon". . 1999.


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Home to a plethora of strange activity and sightings is relatively little known about "Skinwalker Ranch" – labeled by one researcher as "the strangest place on Earth!" Perhaps all the more interesting about this secretive place is that it has deep ties to secretive government projects.
The ranch sits in the small town of Ballard, Utah. It has been the subject of serious paranormal investigation for over half a century. However, accounts of strange activity on this land goes back as far as recorded history. Perhaps even further when you consider the indigenous tribes and their oral accounts. For their part, they consider the land under a curse.
There have been several well-known UFO sightings over the area. Arguably one of the most widely reported incidents occurred in 1978. A huge saucer-shaped object – witnessed by several people – hovered directly over Skinwalker Ranch. It would remain there for several minutes before disappearing.
Skinwalker Ranch found itself in the mainstream again thanks to the 2013 movie, "Skinwalkers". While the story is complete fiction, the background and specific events base themselves entirely on years of research, and local legend of the area.
The video below is the trailer for the 2013 film on the events at the ranch.
George Knapp
The name "Skinwalker" is a creature known in Native American legends who has the ability to shapeshift into "any animal they desire!" The land where the infamous ranch resides is rich with such creatures. In fact, the whole land, according to Native American tribes, is a place of strange activity.
Perhaps the first journalist to begin to seriously investigate the ranch is leading UFO researcher, George Knapp. The ranch was a recent purchase of the Sherman family (and is sometimes referred to as Sherman Ranch). Noticing bizarre and terrifying activity, they reached out to Knapp, and his fellow investigator, Colm Kelleher, to investigate.
They experienced strange flashing lights over their land and strange voices that would speak to them "out of thin air!" Furthermore, the voices always spoke in a bizarre language that was unknown to them.
Over a dozen of their cattle were subject to precise cattle mutilation. Even three of their family dogs would "disappear right in front of them!" while chasing an orb-like light. Perhaps most startling of all was the night Terry Sherman looked out of his window. In front of him was a "huge spaceship – about the size of multiple football fields!"
Knapp and Kelleher would witness for themselves "strange creatures with glowing red eyes!" Perhaps even more chilling, these creatures appeared unhurt when fired upon. They would also notice bizarre magnetic readings, as well as the glowing orbs that the Shermans claimed to have seen.
The Shermans, following Knapp's and Kelleher's investigation, would eventually sell the site to a billionaire businessman, Robert T. Bigelow, who had a vast interest in the paranormal, as well as vast wealth to conduct independent research.
Before we look at Bigelow, the short video below looks at the basics of Skinwalker Ranch.
Robert T. Bigelow and NIDS
At around the same time that Bigelow purchased the ranch from the Sherman family in 1996, he also invested multiple millions of dollars into the National Institute for Discovery Science – known as NIDS. The purchase of Skinwalker Ranch would allow them, to study the multiple amounts of paranormal activities. According to Knapp and Kelleher, this would be done in secret.
Bigelow did indeed turn the ranch into an "interactive" research facility. He would position cameras all over the ranch and surrounding land. Every acre was under at least one camera, twenty-four hours a day. Research teams would also work around the clock – in particular, they were investigating any extra-terrestrial activity.
Initial reports revealed an abundance of strange activity, stating in one section that the objects they had witnessed "were not consistent with covert American military aircraft!"
However, by 2004, Bigelow struggled to continue to fund the project, and the program eventually shut down. Bigelow though still owns the ranch and the land around it. This means, for all intents and purposes, he is still in charge of any research, that might go ahead. And for it to go ahead, it is Bigelow who has to grant permission.
As we will look at in a moment, some of the business ties that followed would raise an eyebrow or two as to his real motivation for shutting down the project on Skinwalker Ranch.
Before look at that a little further, check out the video below. It features people's first-hand accounts of the ranch, as well as some "in-the-field" footage.
Too Close For "Government's" Comfort?
Given that the initial NIDS findings suggested very much a UFO connection to the strange happenings at Skinwalker Ranch, and the fact that Bigelow himself had stated to the media that he had some "pretty strong convictions" of the "authenticity and existence" of such things, it is strange that he should suddenly shut the project down, and more to the point, not allow any other party to conduct any research on the land.
Some believe that he was, in fact, too close to "the truth!" So close, that he would receive an "offer" to close down the research.
Bigelow would move into the Space Tourism field – an area he had little experience in. That didn't seem to stop him obtaining some lucrative contracts from NASA for his new company, Bigelow Aerospace.
Maybe Bigelow have shut down the research at Skinwalker Ranch in return for these contracts? Might he be developing extra-terrestrial technology and wisdom from studies at the ranch to use in the space tourism industry? Might the ranch become a testing ground for such technology?
As a company, Bigelow Aerospace rarely acknowledge the research that took place at Skinwalker Ranch. One of the only statements, in a rather mocking and tongue-in-cheek response as to the reason for the sudden end to the research, was "maybe he (Bigelow) wanted to leave the aliens in peace!"
Many people still flock to the boundaries of the area, and many strange reports of sightings still surface.
Check out the video below, which features George Knapp speaking about the experiences on Skinwalker Ranch. He also talks about some of his theories as to why so much strange activity appears to concentrate on such a small patch of land.
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toddE wrote:Can someone please point me in the direction of where I can find more information on the "ZL"? I believe they're referred to as "Z-lines"?
What are they? An indicator?
I'm not entirely familiar with everything on these forums. There's so much information it's easy to get lost here and there.
Thank you.
Z-lines are just area where profits are held after momo moves. If you search dragon33 or MightOne and follow their posts from a while back, you can directly see where they originated. MightOne started them and dragon33 caught on and mastered them afterward.
I believe they originally started in the Never Lose Again thread.


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14 November 2008
A little bamboo
I'm making a little tank top using the purple bamboo (Lincraft Bamboozle) which was once, briefly, an Ogee Lace Skirt. Using the basic v-necked tank top pattern from Knitting Lingerie Style, and adding a lace pattern to the lower section to help the yarn go further. The lace pattern is the one from the Lacy Summer Socks pattern in the same book. It's lovely because it sits perfectly flat without blocking!
Am nearly halfway through The Book - my second quarter deadline is Monday. I'm seriously exhausted by Thursday each week, but have to keep going. My Technical Editor has started reviewing the puzzles, which is rather exciting (this is the job I did for Wiley on another book earlier on this year). Sorry, very brain dead here, can't think of anything clever or even interesting to say, or remember any news. Just wanted to reassure you I'm still alive! Nighty night!
Saturday Morning - War Time!
I'm trying very hard to set up a modest vegetable garden, I've made lovely no dig garden beds, lots of mulch, and have spinach, parsley, sage, mint, rhubarb, and so on already growing well. I've been raising seeds for summer crops inside, and when they got big enough, planted them out. Only to have them utterly chewed to bits by the next day! Aaargh!
At first I thought it might be cabbage white caterpillars ... I sprinkled with Derris Dust ... this helped a little, but didn't really stop the wholesale destruction that was now across the entire veggie garden, even the established plants were being attacked heavily! There were no shiny snail or slug trails either. See what I mean?
Last night Hubby and I did a midnight raid - took our torches out and checked the beds. WELL. Bloody EARWIGS! They were swarming over the entire garden, and clearly chewing away. Every plant had dozens of the little beasties all over them! I've never seen so many earwigs in one place! This poor doomed zucchini seedling (my baby!) had 10 on the job (I've circled them in orange).
So pyrethrum spray was next (yes, I sprayed immediately, around 11pm, catch the buggers unawares!). I did a bit of research online, and made a trap using oil and soy sauce, in a margarine container (holes around the top edge, put the lid back on, set down into the soil). This morning my few remaining seedlings (I think it's only the cucumbers left) are intact, hurrah! And I've caught some earwigs in my trap too.
I had no idea that earwigs could do this amount of damage to a garden, but there you go, you learn something new every day ... I had been noticing a fair few earwigs around, in the house and so on, but generally I don't worry about them too much. Obviously this 'glut' of earwigs isn't helpful for a veggie garden, though! Hopefully now I can counteract and get my veggie garden growing again!
(ETA to fix the link to Earwigs)
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I remember that skirt, very nice lace pattern. I have some bamboo too for a top!!ReplyDelete
Glad everything is going well with your book. Hang in there!!
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- Anonymous4:19 am, November 15, 2008
My last comment screwed up. Stupid blogger. Anyway, you're doing better than I am. When I have nothing to say, my blog will go weeks without an update. I like the color.ReplyDelete
Death to earwigs!ReplyDelete
The purple top looks great - such a great colour!ReplyDelete
I would have no idea what an earwig looks like!! Will have to study up on my bugs before I start a veggie garden!
I love bamboo,it sits so nice as you said!!Have a ball or two of lime green maybe Ill add to it and make a summer top,found a nice free pattern on Bernats site this morning..ReplyDelete
We are expanding our vegie patch as Hubbys mine shut Friday he was officially sacked so to speak with I think 200 others,heaps of mines shutting here soooo we are uping the garden to make things a wee easier as money gets tight..and i put my name down for the ISE7 this morning,oops
maybe the earwigs population explosion is a sign of changing climate? dont have too much trouble here yet,Hubby does the snail run at night,crunch crunch...
I've never seen an earwig in person. I wouldn't have recognized them. They were certainly having a good munch on your plants.ReplyDelete
The purple is such a great summer color! Bamboo is so nice and soft. It seems to get softer each time you wash it.
They're earwigs? I was washing them out of the spinach every time I picked it, and I think it's what is also nibbling on our strawberries!ReplyDelete
I might have to try your remedy.
oh well that answers my questions about the damage in my garden too. Lucky you still have cucumbers. Mine are all gone, before they even took off. Bastards. I will try traps like yours.ReplyDelete
Loving the bamboo!


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The Swing
A Child's Garden of Verses: Selected Poems
by Robert Louis Stevenson
A child enjoys playing on a swing.
Readability levels for passages on Lit2Go are reported as Flesch-Kincaid grade levels which are roughly equivalent to U.S. grade levels.
A child enjoys playing on a swing.
A child's counting rhyme involving a sheep.
A child's nursery rhyme teaching counting.
A child's nursery rhyme teaching time.
A child's counting poem about goldfish.
A counting poem.
A child's nursery rhyme dealing with time.
A nursery rhyme involving the antics of Old Mother Hubbard and her dog.
Fog goes up; rain comes down.
A child's counting-out game.
A child's nursery rhyme teaching counting: similar to "This Little Piggy."
A limerick about a drowned cat.
A child digs holes at the edge of the sea.
A child plays in a hay-loft.
A child creates a world from imagination.
The poet muses upon different sounds and people singing.
A child's nursery rhyme teaching telling time.
A child's subtraction nursery rhyme.
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Facebook has been getting a heck of a lot of buzz lately as the social networking site continues to add value for brands and small business owners. Late last week they improved local ad opportunities for SMBs and just yesterday they announced a partnership with Eventbrite to help business owners monetize events advertised on the site. The combination helps to make Facebook an even more attractive marketing channel for SMBs to utilize.
If you didn't catch yesterday's announcement, Facebook has partnered with Eventbrite (instead of competing with it) to allow small business owners to sell tickets and/or register to events directly through their Facebook Event page. Previously, attendees were directed offsite in order to do so. Allowing the registration process to happen on Facebook itself should be a welcome improvement to both businesses and users.
Yesterday a page went up on facebook.eventbrite.com to announce the new feature.
Collect money for your event with Eventbrite
Eventbrite is partnering with Facebook to enable you to collect money for your event. Your attendees pay with credit card and Eventbrite collects the money on your behalf and sends you a check when your event is over. We charge a small service fee for every ticket sold. 5.5% + $.99c, which attendees pay, costing you nothing.
Eventbrite has helped event organizers around the world sell over 10 million tickets. We're excited to help you sell your and put some delightful cash in your pocket.
The announcement offers SMB owners a great way to market new events and create visibility. To date, many small business owners have been utilizing the Facebook Events feature to spread word of mouth regarding physical events they were holding, product release dates, giveaways/contest, new promotions, etc. But there wasn't a way to capture that attention directly on the site or to provide a compelling call to action to get people to register and hook them. Now that they can register directly from the site, even when money is exchanging hands, there is.
I really like the news of the integration because I think it helps to strengthen the Facebook marketing platform for SMBs by allowing them to tie in everything else they're doing on the site. For example, with the new roll out SMBs can easily:
- Create a Facebook Event to market something upcoming
- Use Facebook's highly targeted advertising platform to promote the Event to the right people.
- Use the new Eventbrite partnership to close the conversion immediately
Facebook's allowing SMBs owners to create a perfect storm of marketing where everything is done more powerfully and in one centralized location. Facebook advertising converts exceptionally well because of how targeted and personal the ads can be. Taking that power and combining it with increased functionality is a win for everyone.
If you're interested in getting more acquainted with Facebook as a marketing channel, I was at SMX West last week and covered a great session about Free Ways To Market On Facebook. The speakers presented some pretty great information on how to use Facebook Groups/Fan pages, what makes stories pop in your News Feed and some of the best ways to market on the site. It may be worth a read.
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